USC Law Tuition, LSAT, and Admission

Gould School of Law's 2027 tuition & fees is $88,436 for its prospective students. The law school tuition is increased by 2.89% from last year.

For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $28,461. Including living costs and tuition & fees, the total costs of attendance of Gould School of Law is $116,897.

The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other college costs for Gould School of Law.

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The average GPA is 3.91 and the average LSAT score is 169 for 2027 Gould School of Law admission.

The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 219 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 213 students.

The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentiles.

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For the academic year 2025-2026, total 7,204 students have applied to Gould School of Law and 805 students have accepted to get into the school.

Among the admitted students, 227 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 11.17% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 28.20% at Gould School of Law. With 1 pre-admitted students, total 228 first-year students enrolled in Gould School of Law.

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At Gould School of Law, 95.09% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $40,184. 1.33% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 46.92% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.

You can view more detailed financial aid statistics at Gould School of Law costs and financial aid page.

Gould School of Law enrolled 228 first-year students in total. Among them, 96.05% identified their race/ethnicity. By race and ethnicity, 84 White, 56 Asian, 20 Black or African American, 34 Hispanic students enrolled. By gender, 77 male and 141 female students enrolled at Gould School of Law.

By race and ethnicity, White has the most enrollment share at 36.84%, followed by Asian with 24.56%.

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Last year, total 209 students took the bar exam first time at Gould School of Law. Among them, 186 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 89%. For reference, the average pass rate at California law schools is 73.65%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Gould School of Law.

In 2025, 183 students graduated from Gould School of Law. Of them, 167 graduates employed where bar passage required and 5 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 172 graduates employed as full-time and 3 employed as part-time status. Check more employment statistics at Gould School of Law employement summary page.